The book in these series aim at imparting knowledge to the children about their surroundings through pictures, Besides creating such an awareness, these books would also contribute to increasing their their vocabulary.
Stories in Action: Interactive Tales and Learning Activities to Promote Early Literacy
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Stories in Action: Interactive Tales and Learning Activities to Promote Early Literacy
Promote the love of story, familiarize children with a variety of story forms and stimulate curiosity in diverse subjects while building basic literacy skills. In this guide, dozens of enchanting stories from around the world are accompanied by simple learning extensions for children (ages 4 through 8) that build such important literacy skills as print awareness, print motivation, vocabulary, phonological awareness, listening skills, and predicting and sequencing skills.
Exploring the Self through Photography: Activities for Use in Group Work
Photography is an activity that can be enjoyed by all ages whether as a valued leisure pursuit, a creative hobby or as an occasional holiday pastime. On a deeper level, however, photography shows us how to look at things from different perspectives, to reflect, to communicate and to express ourselves in a way that goes beyond words. The reflective qualities of this accessible arts medium make it an ideal tool to increase self-awareness and instigate change. This book shows how it can be used to encourage and support personal and professional growth with a wide range of ages and in a variety of therapeutic contexts.
The Resource Books for Teachers series offers practical guidance to teachers, trainee teachers and teacher trainers on specific areas and skills in language teaching. As well as practical ideas the books in the series also consider the underlying concepts of current issues.
Cultural Awareness provides activities designed to improve cross-cultural communication skills and classroom interactivity.
Handbook of Medical Neuropsychology: Applications of Cognitive Neuroscience
The recent surge of interest in the neuroscience of autism, HIV/AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other disorders has brought with it an increasing awareness of the effects of medical conditions on the brain and behavior—an awareness extending through the research and practice arenas, among those working with pediatric and adult clients alike. Comprehensive in scope and highly detailed in its coverage, the Handbook of Medical Neuropsychology is organized to give readers knowledge of the field, whether one needs to understand a clinical evaluation, design a research study, or gain a deeper understanding of disease processes and corresponding behaviors.
